Why Rent Furniture?

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Why Rent Furniture?
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• Hiring furniture can often be the best option
  both for private clients and companies.
  Relocators, relocatees, expatriates,
  assignees-in Are you and/or your family faced
  with the need to live for a limited period in an
  area of the UK where you don't already have a
  home, or where your home isn't ready yet? Or are
  you a relocation agent, letting agent, or HR
  specialist making arrangements for people in that
  position? What are the options?
• Hotels are a very expensive solution for
  anything more than a short stay, and can be
  stressfulespecially for other family members.
• Serviced accommodation gets you some more living
  space, but is very expensive.
• You could rent furnished accommodationbut the
  furniture and household goods that come with it
  probably won't be what you (or your clients)
  would have chosen.

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• Or you could rent unfurnished accommodation and
  buy the necessary contentsbut buying a
  house-full of new furniture, furnishings, and
  other household equipment takes time and involves
  major capital outlay. Once you've bought it all,
  depreciation is steep and disposal can be a
  problemhowever short your stay, you won't be
  able to recoup more than a fraction of what you
  paid.
• Compared to any of the above, renting
  unfurnished accommodation and hiring furniture
  and other household goods can be an attractive
  and cost-effective option. For short/medium stays
  it can be more economic and less hassle than
  shipping your own furniture here. Click here for
  some cost comparisons. For longer stays, hiring
  furniture can also make good senseeither for the
  duration of the assignment, or to bridge the gap
  until your own furniture arrives (or departs).
  Furniture from the USA and some other countries
  won't always fit into UK houses, which tend to be
  smaller. Using hired furniture in the UK
  accommodation (or in place of some of your own
  furniture) overcomes this problem.

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• Landlords With rental furniture you can quickly
  and conveniently furnish empty property, or
  achieve a makeover by replacing existing
  furnishings. And you can furnish up or down in
  quality to suit the accommodation and tenant
  (Bradbeers offer two quality grades).
• Developers house-sellers Rental furniture is
  the perfect way to improve the saleability of
  show houses/showhomes and other property for
  sale. It can transform an uninviting unfurnished
  house (or a poorly furnished or underfurnished
  one) into an attractive home that people will
  want to buy.Tax implications Hiring furniture
  can be tax-efficient, too. VAT-registered
  companies can recover VAT on rental charges, and
  payments for furniture rental are fully
  deductible as a business expense (UK Tax Act,
  Section 74). See examples prepared by independent
  consultants. Visit Furniture Rental London
  website for more details.